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| Job 8:1 | Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, | Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said, |
| Job 8:2 | How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? | How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind? |
| Job 8:3 | Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? | Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging? |
| Job 8:4 | If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; | If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand. |
| Job 8:5 | If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; | If you will make search for God with care, and put your request before the Ruler of all; |
| Job 8:6 | If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. | If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again. |
| Job 8:7 | Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. | And though your start was small, your end will be very great. |
| Job 8:8 | For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: | Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers: |
| Job 8:9 | (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) | (For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:) |
| Job 8:10 | Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? | Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you? |
| Job 8:11 | Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? | Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall without water? |
| Job 8:12 | Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. | When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant. |
| Job 8:13 | So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: | So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing: |
| Job 8:14 | Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. | Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread. |
| Job 8:15 | He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. | He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing. |
| Job 8:16 | He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. | He is full of strength before the sun, and his branches go out over his garden. |
| Job 8:17 | His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. | His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them. |
| Job 8:18 | If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. | If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you. |
| Job 8:19 | Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. | Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place. |
| Job 8:20 | Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers: | Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand. |
| Job 8:21 | Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. | The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips. |
| Job 8:22 | They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. | Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again. |
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